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This view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

Another view of the Bowness Ferry shows a full coach-and-four just about to set out from the Bowness side of the lake, with the coachman at the front steadying the nervous horses.

Through Stone Bow we look back across the setts to its rear, with the High Street stretching away into the distance through the archway.

This view shows the ornate cast-iron balcony of the Saracen's Head Hotel, now shops, and the tower of St Peter at Arches beyond Stone Bow, built in 1720, demolished in 1933 and largely rebuilt in Lamb

St Mary-le-Bow is thought to occupy the site of the first Saxon church to be built on the peninsula - this is where St Cuthbert's remains were housed when they were first brought to Durham.

There have since been a few comparatively minor changes to the structure, most notably the conversion of the garage doors into a double bow window.

Hardy Tobacconists are now Caburn secondhand books, while the buildings on the left - now divested of hung tiles - are the secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Bow Windows Bookshop.

The double bow-fronted house has acquired an awning.

The road curves attractively to the bowed end of the 18th-century Town Hall. The gilded swan now faces to the left.

Bognor's is a delight, with stucco cottages of varying heights and designs, many with balconied bow and bay windows, fronting an elongated square.

Rufus Castle, or Bow and Arrow Castle as the locals usually call it, was probably named after William Rufus, the second Norman king.

Another view of Waterhead shows the Waterhead Hotel, built to serve the increasing numbers of tourists who were arriving by train at the lakeside station at Bowness, and catching a steamer up the lake

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England’s largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

The building is known to locals as Bow and Arrow Castle; Portland's old parish church, ruined by landslides, is within its grounds.

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness

The provision of the public gardens of the Promenade at Bowness also followed the coming of the railway in 1847, and the increased popularity of the Lake District as a health-giving holiday resort

Peeking over the roof of the bow-fronted pharmacy is the castellated tower of St Mary's church, a building that dates from the 12th century, and largely rebuilt in the 15th century.

Both gentlemen wear suits and bow ties, and everyone wears a hat. The four iron bollards replaced the earlier turnstile which charged a small entry fee to the gardens.

This is still a popular pastime on Windermere, which is England's largest lake; the calm reaches of the southern end of the lake provide a quiet backwater compared to the busy area around Bowness.

The calm reaches of the southern end of the lake create a quiet backwater compared to the busy shores around Bowness.

This slightly later view looks across what has become the motor launch area of the Bowness boat station.

The church was enlarged to its present form in 1870, and it watches over the older part of Bowness, which is known as Lowside.

A clipper-bowed excursion steamer crowded with passengers heads along the Dee, attracting little attention from the young fishermen on the bank.

Note the cross-shaped ends to the tie-bars which help prevent the walls from bowing out on the house next to the telegraph pole, and on the next but one along.